Riddles
Math Riddles
"I Knew That" Riddles
Non-Riddles
Challenging Riddles
100
What runs all around a backyard, yet never moves?
A fence
100
Using the same 3 numbers other than 0, give you the same result whether they’re added or multiplied?
1, 2, 3
1 + 2 + 3= 6
1 x 2 x 3= 6
100
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
David
100
How do you spell the word "nauseous?"
Ummm... yes.
100
Give me food and I will live. Give me water, and I will die. What am I?
Fire
200
If you’ve got me, you want to share me; if you share me, you haven’t kept me. What am I?
A secret
200
You have two coins in your hand whose value is $0.30. One of them is NOT a nickel! What are the two coins?
1-Quarter
1-Nickel
200
Mary has 4 daughters, and each daughter has a brother. How many children does Mary have?
5, each daughter has the same brother.
200
An everyday, household appliance used to be called "whirlwind." What is this appliance/item?
A vacuum!
200
I’m tall when I’m young. I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A Candle
300
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Light
300
Mary has 4 daughters, and each daughter has a brother. How many children does Mary have?
5 Children
300
What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?
A chalkboard
300
What is the most common term for a group of flamingos?
A flamboyance
300
The more there is the less you see.
Darkness
400
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Footsteps
400
Lucy is 37
400
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window
400
How old was the youngest city/town Mayor in United States History?
3
("Bobby" Tufts - Dorset, Minnesota - this was a symbolic position)
400
A word I know, six letters it contains, remove one letter, and twelve remains. What am I?
Dozens
500
Imagine you’re in a room that is filling with water. There are no windows or doors. How do you get out?
Stop imagining!
500
14
500
What 4 letter word can be written forward, backward, or upside down, and still say the same word?
NOON
500
What 3 kinds of animals were passengers in the first-ever hot-air balloon (in the 1700s)?
A rooster, a sheep, and a duck
500
What goes around the world but stays in the corner?
Stamp